Titus 2:5 (KJV)

Passage

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Nearby Context

Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "discreet", "chaste", "keepers", "home", "good", "obedient", "husbands", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "discreet" and "chaste", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "That they may teach the young women..." into verse 6's "Young men likewise exhort to be sober...", so "discreet" and "chaste" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "discreet" and "chaste" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.